Transportation

This episode of Municipal Matters is the entire recording of the CoWest Noticias Collaborative's Local Mayors Forum from March 19th. The Local Mayors Forum in collaboration with Colorado Mountain College included mayors from Aspen to Rifle, excluding GWS due to scheduling issues, to deepen the connection between elected officials and their constituents.

Backers of the embattled Uinta Basin Railway want a quick decision from a federal agency to get the project back on track. But opponents, like the Center for Biological Diversity, are making sure the railway does not get a free pass.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.

In the last of this three-part series, reporter Caroline Llanes speaks with people who take the bus, and looks closer at the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, and what it’s doing to make its services better to reduce car dependency.

In the second part of this three-part series, reporter Caroline Llanes takes a look at how bikes can be used as practical forms of transportation for local trips. By encouraging other forms of transit like biking for short, small excursions, officials can reduce traffic on local roads.

In part one of this three-part series, Caroline Llanes takes a big picture look at congestion and traffic in the valley, how locals are dealing with the challenges of commuting, and how officials are starting to think about transportation solutions.

As battery powered electric vehicles continue to make inroads in our transportation system, renewable transit advocates are also looking at hydrogen fuel cells as an additional option. Many of them gathered recently at a forum in Boulder hosted by a transit nonprofit that is in the process of converting much of their fleet to electric buses. They're also looking at hydrogen vehicles as another option.

KDNK's Hattison Rensberry talks to Mayor Ben Bohmfalk about this year's expansion of WE-Cycle into Carbondale.

Here’s your community calendar for Monday, March 16th, underwritten by Basalt Regional Library, where your library card opens more than just books,…